I'm surprised I didn't have this flavor ("plain") yet, but I guess it is indeed less tasty than the honey or sugar flavors. It was for a pasta recipe with cream sauce, though, so I thought plain was the right call. This is already cooked so it's convenient for use as an ingredient. It's a half pound which is also good for that. No complaints, just not particularly delicious like a Christmas ham :P
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10
This is a nice ham for a small family like mine. It tastes like ham, is safe both pre-cooked-wise and allergen wise (at least in my experience), and it is nicely cut already. Nothing earth shattering, but tastes like ham!
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10
This was a solid lil hammy! I think it was better than the honey flavor, although I don't know that they really tasted that different, it's just that this one didn't have a weird flavor and the other one kinda did. I also cooked this less long, so maybe that's a factor. Anyway, it's filling and protein and pretty cheap and fast to make. Decent stuff if you're in the food for a meat.
Overall
Cost: 6/10
Taste: 7/10
This was a dinner classic growing up. I'm not crazy for pig meat in general, but honestly this is a convenient and affordable piece of meat. Cooks in like 5min, no safety issues since it's pre-cooked, expiry date is months out, makes 2 servings (but if you eat it all it's not madness), and the taste is decent -- a little weird flavor in parts, possibly due to my pan, but mostly just "ham" flavor. Good texture, hard to mess it up. Goes with cheesy noodles and sweet potatoes, 2 of my most common foods. Basically I like it more than I thought I would.
Overall
Cost: 6/10
Taste: 7/10
This sure makes a lot of bacon! Whew. It also sure took longer to cook than I'd expected (like 1 hour for the whole pack) and produced a lot more grease, etc. I'm just not cut out to make my own bacon, I think. Or at least not on the stove. But anyway, even though the cooking process was long (maybe 12min per strip) and confusing (when is the fat cooked?!), and the taste right away was nothing special, I put the leftovers in the fridge and gnawed on them for a few days, and then I really missed the cold bacons when they were gone. So ... not a huge fan, but I see why people get into bacon.
Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10
